Chloroquine prophylaxis, iron-folie acid supplementation or case management of malaria attacks in primigravidae in western Uganda: effects on maternal parasitaemia and haemoglobin levels and on birthweight
- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 94 (4), 413-418
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-9203(00)90125-1
Abstract
The effects of weekly chloroquine prophylaxis, daily iron-weekly folic acid supplementation or passive case management on maternal haemoglobin and parasitaemia and on birthweight were examined in primigravidae in a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled intervention trial in 1996–1998 in Hoima District, western Uganda. Iron-folic acid supplementation significantly increased mean birthweight as compared to case management (P = 0·03). Low birthweight (< 2·5 kg) occurred in 2% of babies of women receiving chloroquine prophylaxis for ≥ 8 weeks and in 9% in the case management group (RR = 0·36, 95% CI 0·13–1·00, P = 0·009). Parasitaemia at enrolment significantly correlated with low birthweight in the case management group as compared to the intervention groups (P = 0·02). Women in the case management group who were parasitaemic and had haemoglobin levels < 100 g/L at delivery had babies with lower mean birthweight as compared to babies in the other groups (P = 0·04). Low haemoglobin level at enrolment, irrespective of parasitaemia status, was a predictor of low birthweight in the case management group only (P = 0·04). Chloroquine prophylaxis and iron-folic acid supplementation significantly increased maternal haemoglobin levels during pregnancy as compared to case management (P = 0·01 and 0·007, respectively) and the increase correlated to the duration of the intervention.Keywords
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